Tuesday, April 7, 2015

CMWC 2015 - Group Ride - Day 1

Date:
Monday March 30th, 2015

Distance: 67 miles

Song of the Day: Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

The meetup for the ride to Melbourne
started at Wicks Park in southwest Sydney. As I was arriving another
group showed up. We were the only ones there. The rest trickled in
over the next hour. That seems to be a theme with this group.

While we were waiting though it started
to rain. I didn't mind so much at first. I think I have proven that I
am not water soluble. But when it really started coming down, that
was getting annoying. Plus I forgot that my sleeping bag was just
sitting out. I got to it before things got too wet, but it was a bit
damp. I hoped it would dry before that night. (It did.)

Eventually we did get going, but it was
just down the road to the train station. We took the train about 20
minutes out of town. By the time we got off the train it wasn't even
wet on the ground. The group screamed down the highway for about 10
miles. There was a halt for about 5 minutes, then everyone took off
again.

This time we were off the highway,
which was great. We were also descending some really great curvy
roads. That was even better. It was a bit of up and down all day
though.

We stopped for lunch at a cliff overlooking the pacific. It was a beautiful spot. Even better since it
was at the top of a hill. (I always try to stop at the top of a hill
for lunch. Digesting makes me sluggish, so it is nice to have a
decent to warm up with.) And what a decent it was. Super curvy. Super
fast. Super fun.

I finished the day riding with the fast
crew. Which also turned out to be the getting lost crew. So we showed
up a bit late to the camping spot.

Lady Sara (Smokin' Joe's girlfriend) and Maria got things organized
and dinner ready for us. That was awesome. I really can't thank them
enough, but I tried by helping to clean up. I finished the night
hanging out around a campfire we a bunch of awesome people.